Friday, January 23, 2015

Baden and Moss on "first-century" Mark

CNN: Was oldest gospel really found in a mummy mask? (Joel Baden and Candida Moss).
Essentially, this papyrus is the scholarly equivalent of "my girlfriend who lives in Canada."
As we've come to expect from these two, this is a thoughtful and clear evaluation of the current situation. And yes, with a bit of good snark.

Background here (where I made some parallel comments before I had seen this piece) and links.